the staff of the Ridgewood blog
Ridgewood NJ, To help promote the importance of the census, the Mayor’s Committee is sponsoring an essay contest for Ridgewood High School students with a $500 cash prize. Essays should be no longer than 1,500 words and should be emailed to ridgewoodlwv@gmail.com. The deadline for submission of essays for the contest is April 30, 2020.
Interested students should prepare an essay in response to one of the following questions.
1) Why is the US Census important in this day and age? Why is it important to Ridgewood?
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2) As of April 2, 2020, the percentage of Ridgewood households that had responded to the US Census was approximately 60% and has only moved up a few points since then. In 2010, under 80% of Ridgewood households responded to the Census. What specific ideas do you have for helping Ridgewood achieve as close to a 100% response rate as possible in 2020, particularly in light of current social distancing guidelines due to the COVID-19 epidemic?
$500 cash prize funded by whom, Mayor? If you please.